BOSTON — It’s been a while since CJ Miles had one of those CJ Miles nights where he fills up the basket from beyond the arc.

Saturday in Boston it was downright un-Miles like as he took and missed five attempts.

The game before that it was just 1-for-7 from distance for the man who has made his name as one of the best three-point shooters in the NBA.

The Raptors had an optional practice Sunday afternoon but someone could make a lot of money betting Miles was in the gym hoisting one three-pointer after another trying to get his rhythm back.

It’s how Miles made himself the shooter he is today and there is nothing to suggest anything has changed in terms of his work habits.

This isn’t Miles first taste of adversity this season. In his first year as a member of the Raptors he has had to overcome plenty.

And none of it will matter if Miles comes through when they need him most and he knows it.

“I’m not saying I don’t care about what’s gone on, but just ‘be ready when you need to be ready’,” Miles said recently. “I’m a worker, I’m always here, I always figure it out and I’ll figure it out again.”

And he has the perfect coach in Casey who has been around long enough to appreciate a track record.

Even after a tough night in Boston, Casey remained as upbeat as ever about his three-point specialist.

“I thought he had some good looks,” Casey said of Miles. “We are going to live with CJ shooting those shots and those are his shots that he normally makes. That’s why he was in there against the zone. We’ll take those shots and I know he will knock them down.”

And if those knock down shots don’t come until the playoffs begin, so be it.

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